Brielle and Bear: Once Upon a Time

Salomey Doku is a self-taught author-illustrator from Leeds. Originally trained in architecture, she started watercolour painting in 2018 and quickly fell in love with the art of storytelling. When she is not drawing, she is either daydreaming, going on long walks, at church, or talking to her pet hedgehog Strawberry. Brielle & Bear is her first graphic novel.@salomeydraws | @sa.dokuillo | salomeydraws.com

‘A dreamy, escapist romance … Doku is an exciting talent’ The Bookseller, Editor’s Choice ‘Brielle and Bear is a fun and fresh graphic novel suitable for all kinds of readers. It’s a modern-day fairytale story packed with romance, drama and books – a triple threat’ Rachel Faturoti‘A gorgeous fairytale of magic and romance that will sweep you under its spell, Brielle and Bear is a book-shaped hug. From the beautifully rendered illustrations to the tale of hopes and dreams, this is the graphic novel that will live in every teen’s backpack, passed between friends and treasured for many years’ Rachel Greenlaw‘Perfect reading for fans of Heartstopper, the first volume in Doku’s charmingly romantic graphic novel series focuses on a daydreamy student’s crush on the vice-captain of the Once Upon a Time University rugby team’ Waterstones, Best YA Books of the Year‘Beautiful story, beautiful artwork – this is the fairytale romance of your dreams’ Hannah Gold‘Brielle and Bear is beautiful in every sense; the story is a warm hug and the artwork a feast for the eyes. I LOVED it!’ Aisling Fowler